(AUSTIN) – Texas Campus Compact, an Austin-based statewide non-profit organization, hosted by The University of Texas System, promoting service learning and civic engagement on higher education campuses and in communities, has announced a first-of-its-kind scholarship, to be available to Texas college students starting in 2011, geared specifically for college students engaged in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math.
Thanks to a $30,000 donation from Ability Pediatric Therapy CEO Pam Goble to Texas Campus Compact, the Ability Pediatric Therapy STEM Scholarship for Service Learning will be awarded to three students per year for each of the next three years, at $3,000 each, for a total of $27,000 in scholarship money for the three-year program. According to Texas Campus Compact executive director Patricia Spencer Potyka. In keeping with the organization’s mission, scholarship winners will demonstrate a commitment to service learning.
“Texas Campus Compact is doing important work throughout Texas by encouraging service learning among college students and faculty, resulting in helping to Close the Gaps of educational inequity in our state,” said Goble of the donation. “We’re proud to be stepping forward to sponsor scholarships for students committed to Texas Campus Compact’s mission.”
“We’re thrilled that Ability Pediatric Therapy has come forward to sponsor these scholarships with its $30,000 gift,” said Potyka. “This is a groundbreaking scholarship program -- the first of its kind in Texas -- and Ability’s generosity has allowed us to move forward with this initiative to support service learning in Texas.”
Information on eligibility and the application process will be coming in early 2011, and the initial three scholarships will be awarded for the 2011-12 school year.
More information on Texas Campus Compact, which is part of National Campus Compact, a national network of more than 1300 presidents nationwide, who are committed to service learning organization and civic engagement, while developing citizen-stewards, is available at its official website, www.texascampuscompact.org.
(AUSTIN) – Texas Campus Compact, an Austin-based statewide non-profit organization, hosted by The University of Texas System, promoting service learning and civic engagement on higher education campuses and in communities, has announced a first-of-its-kind scholarship, to be available to Texas college students starting in 2011, geared specifically for college students engaged in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math.
Thanks to a $30,000 donation from Ability Pediatric Therapy CEO Pam Goble to Texas Campus Compact, the Ability Pediatric Therapy STEM Scholarship for Service Learning will be awarded to three students per year for each of the next three years, at $3,000 each, for a total of $27,000 in scholarship money for the three-year program. According to Texas Campus Compact executive director Patricia Spencer Potyka. In keeping with the organization’s mission, scholarship winners will demonstrate a commitment to service learning.
“Texas Campus Compact is doing important work throughout Texas by encouraging service learning among college students and faculty, resulting in helping to Close the Gaps of educational inequity in our state,” said Goble of the donation. “We’re proud to be stepping forward to sponsor scholarships for students committed to Texas Campus Compact’s mission.”
“We’re thrilled that Ability Pediatric Therapy has come forward to sponsor these scholarships with its $30,000 gift,” said Potyka. “This is a groundbreaking scholarship program -- the first of its kind in Texas -- and Ability’s generosity has allowed us to move forward with this initiative to support service learning in Texas.”
Information on eligibility and the application process will be coming in early 2011, and the initial three scholarships will be awarded for the 2011-12 school year.
More information on Texas Campus Compact, which is part of National Campus Compact, a national network of more than 1300 presidents nationwide, who are committed to service learning organization and civic engagement, while developing citizen-stewards, is available at its official website, www.texascampuscompact.org.